Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of code/Scripting

Timestamp:

Apr 10, 2008, 4:33:42 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

bknecht

Comment:

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code/Scripting

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 If your using the special lua tags ''<?lua'' and ''?>'' you can create levels easier. You could use loops to generate more objects and you can let a level depend on earlier accomplishments of the player. If you use random parameters you can even create a level which looks slightly different every time a player plays it. Here some examples how you could use Lua in our level files.
 
-=== Asteroid field ===
+=== Example: Asteroid field ===
 As I write this wiki page we have a level with 226 asteroids in it. For each asteroid we need one line of XML code:
 {{{
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 With the scripting engine we could generate those asteroids a lot easier:
 {{{
-... (has to be tested first)
+<?lua
+for i = 1, 226, 1 
+do ?>
+<Model position="<?lua print(math.random(-19597, 18732))?>,
+ <?lua print(math.random(-19597, 18732)) ?>,
+ <?lua print(math.random(-19597, 18732)) ?>" scale="<?lua print(math.random( 20, 119)) ?>"
+ mesh="ast<?lua print(i%6 + 1) ?>.mesh" rotationAxis="<?lua print(math.random()) ?>,
+ <?lua print(math.random()) ?>, <?lua print(math.random()) ?>
+ " rotationRate="<?lua print(math.random(16, 44)) ?>" />
+<?lua 
+end
+?>
 }}}
+This will randomly arrange asteroids of different look and rotation axis and speed in an area. In fact you can code any Lua you want according to the [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.htm Lua-Manual]. To actually add something to the XML-output you can use the ''print'' function. The above example shows you best how this works.